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Vikings’ pass rush continues to impress in absence of Griffen, Hunter

Without the presence of Danielle Hunter and Everson Griffen, you would expect that the Minnesota Vikings’ pass rush would suffer a little bit. That has not been the case, as the Vikings have continued to get after opposing quarterbacks and even tied an NFL record on Monday night in the process.

According to Ben Goessling of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, the Vikings tied a record set by the 1974 Oakland Raiders by recording multiple quarterback sacks in the first 14 games of the season. As Goessling points out, the regular season was only 14 games then, so if the Vikings can take Matthew Stafford to the turf at least twice on Sunday at U.